as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
the old locket was part of the legacy from my great-great-grandmother
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Recent Examples of legacy
Her legacy is in cement, above and beyond tarnish.
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Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Over 1,000 people gathered at a Marilyn Monroe lookalike event in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend to honor the entertainer's enduring legacy ahead of what would have been her 100th birthday.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Large-scale works by Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, Titus Kaphar, Amy Sherald, and Nina Chanel Abney populate the exhibition, speaking to Black joy, resistance, and cultural legacy through paintings and photographs.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Authentic seized on this year’s Monroe centennial as a prime opening to re-examine Monroe’s life and legacy as an artist through a modern lens.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Over 1,000 people gathered at a Marilyn Monroe lookalike event in Palm Springs, California, over the weekend to honor the entertainer's enduring legacy ahead of what would have been her 100th birthday.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
Large-scale works by Derrick Adams, Arthur Jafa, Titus Kaphar, Amy Sherald, and Nina Chanel Abney populate the exhibition, speaking to Black joy, resistance, and cultural legacy through paintings and photographs.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Authentic seized on this year’s Monroe centennial as a prime opening to re-examine Monroe’s life and legacy as an artist through a modern lens.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legacy
inheritance
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Trusts allow for detailed instructions and conditions for inheritances, covering circumstances like multiple beneficiaries, specific percentages for each heir or the death of a beneficiary.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Her fiction concentrates thematically upon the emotional and psychological currents traversing the bonds across lineages — whether those connections are well-wrought, addled, severed, or unknown — and the fraught business of familial inheritance.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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“Legacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legacy. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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